Name Helgoland Laid down 20 May 1876 Decommissioned 29 June 1907 Launched 9 May 1878 Weight 5,480 tons | Namesake Battle of Heligoland Commissioned 20 August 1879 Construction started 20 May 1876 Length 79 m Displacement 5.48 million kg | |
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Builder Naval Dockyard, Copenhagen | ||
The Danish ironclad Helgoland was a coast defence barbette ironclad named for the Danish victory over the combined Prussian and Austro-Hungarian squadron at Battle of Heligoland during the Second Schleswig War in 1864.
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